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Frank J. DeMicco was employed by our Company from January 2003 through December 2004. Since January 2005, he has served as a consultant to our Company. He previously served as President of United Water New Jersey and Senior Vice-President of Operations for United Water Resources from 1996 to 2000. DeMicco, a licensed professional engineer in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Puerto Rico, has over 35 years of senior executive management experience in the fields of heavy construction, consulting engineering and utility design, construction, and management. As the former senior technical and operations executive within United Water executive management, DeMicco assisted that company in increasing its market capitalization from $400 Million in 1991 to $1.8 Billion in 2000. In July 2000, United Water was acquired by the French utility giant, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux (NYSE: SZE), the world's largest provider of water and wastewater services. Prior to his tenure at United Water, DeMicco was the President and Chief Technical Officer of Buck, Seifert & Jost, Consulting Engineers. DeMicco's responsibilities have included responsible charge of design and/or construction inspection for water and sewage treatment plants, pumping stations, gravity dams, water and sewage pipelines, filter plant expansions, computerized process control systems and control systems software development for the water treatment industry.
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